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Home›Compare›VKTX vs LLY
Head-to-head · SEC filings only

Viking Therapeutics vs Eli Lilly: which stock is the better buy?

Our verdict

On the filings, Eli Lilly (LLY) is the stronger stock right now — higher on our blended fundamentals-plus-verdict read, and we currently rate it BUY.

VKTX: 43/100LLY: 93/100blended fundamentals + verdict
VKTXViking TherapeuticsHold

Phase 3 obesity story with cash to fund it, but — revenue and a $279M cash burn make this a binary VANQUISH bet, not an investment.

Revenue $0.00 · FY2025
Is VKTX a buy? →
LLYEli LillyBuy

GLP-1 juggernaut: +45% revenue, +96% EPS, 78% ROE fund a catalyst-rich pipeline; rich at 48x but the growth backs it.

Revenue growth +44.7% YoY ($65.2B) · FY2025
Is LLY a buy? →

The numbers, from the filings

MetricVKTXLLY
Fundamentals score3690
Revenue growth (YoY)—+44.7%
Net income growth (YoY)-227.1%+94.9%
Net margin—31.7%
Return on equity-56.3%77.8%
ROIC (est.)-48.6%—
Liabilities / Equity0.12—
Piotroski F-score1 / 96 / 9

Bold green = the stronger figure. All rows derive from SEC XBRL filings — no market-price data on this page.

Common questions

Viking Therapeutics or Eli Lilly — which stock is better?
On the filings, Eli Lilly (LLY) is the stronger stock right now — higher on our blended fundamentals-plus-verdict read, and we currently rate it BUY. This comparison uses SEC-filing data only: fundamentals scores, revenue and income growth, margins, returns on capital and balance-sheet health.
Is VKTX (Viking Therapeutics) a buy?
Our current verdict on Viking Therapeutics is HOLD (conviction 3/5), re-evaluated nightly against its SEC filings. The one-page verdict has the reasoning.
Is LLY (Eli Lilly) a buy?
Our current verdict on Eli Lilly is BUY (conviction 4/5), re-evaluated nightly against its SEC filings. The one-page verdict has the reasoning.
What data is this comparison based on?
Everything here derives from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings: growth, margins, returns and health ratios, plus our filings-only fundamentals scores and buy/hold/sell verdicts. We deliberately exclude market-price data, so the comparison reflects the businesses, not the tape.

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AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 25, 2026, 8:55 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 19, 2026, 1:54 PM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

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NVDA$211.80▲4.06%AAPL$314.86▼0.77%GOOGL$359.51▲1.99%GOOG$357.33▲1.90%MSFT$384.93▼1.55%AMZN$247.49▲0.07%TSM$420.39▼0.28%AVGO$389.11▲1.32%SPCX$136.08▼2.20%META$661.04▲0.66%TSLA$396.18▲0.36%MU$983.12▲4.92%BRK-B$491.09▼1.16%BRK-A$737,000.00▼1.05%LLY$1,152.54▼2.48%JPM$342.89▲2.50%AMD$548.13▲2.57%WMT$113.70▼0.94%ASML$1,775.64▲2.87%V$356.02▼0.48%JNJ$253.85▼1.52%XOM$145.09▲0.40%INTC$107.76▲4.50%MA$538.02▲0.06%AMAT$595.70▲3.53%CSCO$117.09▼1.81%ABBV$244.78▼1.30%LRCX$346.10▲4.90%CAT$933.34▲0.20%BAC$60.62▲1.88%
Intraday
NVDA$211.80▲4.06%AAPL$314.86▼0.77%GOOGL$359.51▲1.99%GOOG$357.33▲1.90%MSFT$384.93▼1.55%AMZN$247.49▲0.07%TSM$420.39▼0.28%AVGO$389.11▲1.32%SPCX$136.08▼2.20%META$661.04▲0.66%TSLA$396.18▲0.36%MU$983.12▲4.92%BRK-B$491.09▼1.16%BRK-A$737,000.00▼1.05%LLY$1,152.54▼2.48%JPM$342.89▲2.50%AMD$548.13▲2.57%WMT$113.70▼0.94%ASML$1,775.64▲2.87%V$356.02▼0.48%JNJ$253.85▼1.52%XOM$145.09▲0.40%INTC$107.76▲4.50%MA$538.02▲0.06%AMAT$595.70▲3.53%CSCO$117.09▼1.81%ABBV$244.78▼1.30%LRCX$346.10▲4.90%CAT$933.34▲0.20%BAC$60.62▲1.88%
NVDA$211.80▲4.06%AAPL$314.86▼0.77%GOOGL$359.51▲1.99%GOOG$357.33▲1.90%MSFT$384.93▼1.55%AMZN$247.49▲0.07%TSM$420.39▼0.28%AVGO$389.11▲1.32%SPCX$136.08▼2.20%META$661.04▲0.66%TSLA$396.18▲0.36%MU$983.12▲4.92%BRK-B$491.09▼1.16%BRK-A$737,000.00▼1.05%LLY$1,152.54▼2.48%JPM$342.89▲2.50%AMD$548.13▲2.57%WMT$113.70▼0.94%ASML$1,775.64▲2.87%V$356.02▼0.48%JNJ$253.85▼1.52%XOM$145.09▲0.40%INTC$107.76▲4.50%MA$538.02▲0.06%AMAT$595.70▲3.53%CSCO$117.09▼1.81%ABBV$244.78▼1.30%LRCX$346.10▲4.90%CAT$933.34▲0.20%BAC$60.62▲1.88%